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Two videos at source.

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3-D Printer Ping!

Some day her prints will come…

[roadcat]

It’s “3D printing for the rest of us,” said Schell.

Let the buyer beware, it's not necessarily for everyone! I just bought a 3D printer a couple weeks ago. As a computer tinkerer, I'm familiar with tech giving me headaches, and having to figure out how to fix the darn things.

The average non-techy person will have problems, and the advertisers of these machines should not sugar-coat them as a piece-of-cake to use. I figured out how to set up the software, level the build plate and even up the dual extruders. Also how to unclog a clogged extruder nozzle. Then there's the process of creating print files and debugging problem prints. Makerbot costs more, but at least they're more honest in advertising (their 2X is advertised as experimental and for the experts). I got a CTC with dual extruders for a third of the cost of a Makerbot, at $660, and it's working out great at making tools and items I can't find elsewhere. But it's not quick and easy!

[uncommonsense]

Nice size for < $200 - “16-inch by 12-inch by 15-inch tall 3D printer”. Looks like it can do hand-sized items.

[aimhigh]

. . hopes to deliver an end-to-end 3D printing solution for less than $200

more vaporware?

[fulltlt]

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